LEADER 03975nam 2200709 450 001 9910815893403321 005 20220803143611.0 010 $a0-8014-6883-3 010 $a0-8014-6884-1 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801468841 035 $a(CKB)3710000000072414 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001059676 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11558492 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001059676 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11085625 035 $a(PQKB)11007845 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001499052 035 $a(OCoLC)864506930 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28704 035 $a(DE-B1597)478284 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938324 035 $a(OCoLC)979970006 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801468841 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138543 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10809065 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681570 035 $a(OCoLC)922998440 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138543 035 $a(PPN)27285252X 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000072414 100 $a20120111d2012 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExcavating modernity $ethe Roman past in fascist Italy /$fJoshua Arthurs 210 1$aIthaca :$cCornell University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations (black and white) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-50288-9 311 $a0-8014-4998-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Third Rome and its discontents, 1848-1922 -- Science and faith : the Istituto di studi romani, 1922-1929 -- History and hygiene in Mussolini's Rome, 1925-1938 -- The totalitarian museum : the Mostra augustea della romanita?, 1937-1938 -- Empire, race, and the decline of romanita?, 1936-1945. 330 $aThe cultural and material legacies of the Roman Republic and Empire in evidence throughout Rome have made it the "Eternal City." Too often, however, this patrimony has caused Rome to be seen as static and antique, insulated from the transformations of the modern world. In Excavating Modernity, Joshua Arthurs dramatically revises this perception, arguing that as both place and idea, Rome was strongly shaped by a radical vision of modernity imposed by Mussolini's regime between the two world wars.Italian Fascism's appropriation of the Roman past-the idea of Rome, or romanità- encapsulated the Fascist virtues of discipline, hierarchy, and order; the Fascist "new man" was modeled on the Roman legionary, the epitome of the virile citizen-soldier. This vision of modernity also transcended Italy's borders, with the Roman Empire providing a foundation for Fascism's own vision of Mediterranean domination and a European New Order. At the same time, romanità also served as a vocabulary of anxiety about modernity. Fears of population decline, racial degeneration and revolution were mapped onto the barbarian invasions and the fall of Rome. Offering a critical assessment of romanità and its effects, Arthurs explores the ways in which academics, officials, and ideologues approached Rome not as a site of distant glories but as a blueprint for contemporary life, a source of dynamic values to shape the present and future. 606 $aArchaeology and state$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aFascism and culture$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMuseum exhibits$xPolitical aspects$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aItaly$xCivilization$xRoman influences 607 $aItaly$xHistoriography$y20th century 615 0$aArchaeology and state$xHistory 615 0$aFascism and culture$xHistory 615 0$aMuseum exhibits$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 676 $a930.1093 700 $aArthurs$b Joshua$f1975-$01626289 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815893403321 996 $aExcavating modernity$93962224 997 $aUNINA